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 Second Naval Battalion Armory image

Second Naval Battalion Armory

Wasting no time Long line of workers from the International Longshoremen's Association between wall of building and police barricades; one worker raising his hat for camera. Caption: "Wasting no time: Out early for a waterfront bargaining election are these dockworkers, lining up at daybreak on 52d St. alongside Naval Militia Armory on 1st Ave..."
 Second Naval Battalion Armory image

Second Naval Battalion Armory

Brooklyn: 2nd Naval Battalion Armory, First Avenue between 52nd Street and 51st Street, undated.
 Second Naval Battalion Armory image

Second Naval Battalion Armory

Second Naval Battalion Armory, foot of 52 St View from rear of vaulted armory in Sunset Park; vacant lot in foreground; smoke stack in left background.
 Second Naval Battalion Armory image

Second Naval Battalion Armory

Brooklyn 178, State Armory, 5102-24 1st Ave; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
Morse Oval image

Morse Oval

Morse Oval Employees Association of Morse Dry Dock and Repair Co. at Morse Oval, 1919. Morse Oval was a playing field at the foot of 52nd Street in Sunset Park Brooklyn. The field hosted the home games of the Morse Dry Dock Company baseball and soccer teams.
5002 Second Avenue image

5002 Second Avenue

Industrial Container Corp Image represented is one of a related set (WORK 0184), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two exterior views of employees of Industrial Container Corporation picketing at factory location, 50th Street and 2nd Avenue in Sunset Park. 0184, an aerial view, includes four gasoline pumps in right foreground and several parked automobiles.
5002 Second Avenue image

5002 Second Avenue

Industrial Container Corp Image represented is one of a related set (WORK 0184), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two exterior views of employees of Industrial Container Corporation picketing at factory location, 50th Street and 2nd Avenue in Sunset Park. 0184, an aerial view, includes four gasoline pumps in right foreground and several parked automobiles.
50th Street and Second Avenue image

50th Street and Second Avenue

Tot's death arouses residents Caption: "Tot's death arouses residents--\[Close up of] Sunset Park residents \[holding three large signs] mob 50th St. at the corner of 2d Ave. to demand that the thoroughfare be turned into a play street following the death of James Karl, 3, of 5011 3d Ave., crushed to death beneath the rear wheel of a coal truck yesterday. The youngest of six children, he was killed when he fell from the side of the truck as he was 'hitching a ride' along 50th St."
150 55th Street image

150 55th Street

American Machine and Foundry Company Image represented is one of a related set (WORK 0280, WORK 0279, WORK 0281), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views of striking employees of American Machine and Foundry Company in picket lines at factory location, 5596 Second Avenue. All images include policemen.
150 55th Street image

150 55th Street

American Machine and Foundry Company Image represented is one of a related set (WORK 0280, WORK 0279, WORK 0281), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views of striking employees of American Machine and Foundry Company in picket lines at factory location, 5596 Second Avenue. All images include policemen.
150 55th Street image

150 55th Street

American Machine and Foundry Company Image represented is one of a related set (WORK 0280, WORK 0279, WORK 0281), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views of striking employees of American Machine and Foundry Company in picket lines at factory location, 5596 Second Avenue. All images include policemen.
150 55th Street image

150 55th Street

American Machine and Foundry Company Image represented is one of a related set (WORK 0280, WORK 0279, WORK 0281), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views of striking employees of American Machine and Foundry Company in picket lines at factory location, 5596 Second Avenue. All images include policemen.
Bush Terminal Piers image

Bush Terminal Piers

Monarch of Bermuda Photograph; aerial view of Monarch of Bermuda docked, being loaded with supplies for Allies at Bush Terminal, Brooklyn.
Bush Terminal Piers image

Bush Terminal Piers

Police-seized contraband Caption: "The tug Manhattan load to the gunwales with slot machines, pinball games, guns of all sorts, etc., as it pulled out of Pier 4 at the Battery to dump police-seized contraband into the ocean."
5208 3rd Avenue image

5208 3rd Avenue

Mail carriers of Station C Caption: "Mail carriers of Station C (3d Ave. near 52d St.) are pictured in 1904, all ready to set out on their routes. Frank Stout of 409 Old Coast Highway, Santa Barbara, Cal., identifies some of those shown as Tom Moffatt, Charles Doring, Dan Cahill, John Hogan, Charles Heinzerling, Don McDonald, Frank Stout, William Bell, Fred Watson, Mortimer Stout, Mike Quigley, Pete Connolly, Tony Wilson, and George Lang. Only three are now living, he reports."
5020 Third Avenue image

5020 Third Avenue

Fifth Avenue El, Brooklyn, on Third Avenue at 51st Street, August 16, 1941.
5012 3rd Avenue image

5012 3rd Avenue

Union election Working man with fedora hat placing ballot in voting box as others wait their turn. Caption: "Union election: Members of Local 808, International Longshoremen's Association, A. F. L., balloting at their headquarters, 5012 3d Ave.. for the slate of officers that will run their union for the next two years."
5012 3rd Avenue image

5012 3rd Avenue

Ventilated by vandal Two men in room with large ceiling, one pointing to ceiling; chalk board ("LAST DAYS TO SIGN FOR WELFARE IF YOU DON'T SIGN YOU'RE OUT!") on wall at left. Caption: "VENTILATED BY VANDAL: Robert Durkin, a member of Local 808, International Longshoremen's Association, and William J. Noonan, right, secretary-treasurer of the local, inspect the front of 808's headquarters at 5012 3d Ave. Window was broken as the result of early-morning vandalism. . . ."
5726 First Avenue image

5726 First Avenue

58th Street and 1st Avenue. Vulcan Proofing Co.
52nd Street Station, BMT Third Avenue Line image

52nd Street Station, BMT Third Avenue Line

Fifth Avenue El, Brooklyn, at 52nd Street looking north, May 29, 1940.
52nd Street Station, BMT Third Avenue Line image

52nd Street Station, BMT Third Avenue Line

Fifth Avenue El, Brooklyn, at 52nd Street looking south, May 29, 1940.
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